Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of defendant's motion to vacate judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death is affirmed over claims that the trial court erred in adopting virtually verbatim the proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law submitted by the state, and that his trial counsel was ineffective because he: 1) conceded the heinous, atrocious, or cruel aggravating factor; 2) failed to conduct proper voir dire; 3) failed to move for a change of venue; and 4) introduced details of defendant's previous criminal activity to the jury during the penalty phase.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2007
• Published 05/10/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• George W. Blow, III, Live Oak, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellee.